Improvement in water-wheels



@nicht @Wina W. L. SELLECK, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

Letters Pate11-tNo. 101,050, dated March 22, 1870.

,IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making` part of thesame.

lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of' thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective vien of my invention,and

Figure 2, a sectional view. Similar letters of reference. in each ofthefigures indicate corresponding parts.

rlhe object of my invention .is to produce a superior water-wheel.

A is the stationary curb of the wheel.

B, upright hollow shaft-s, through which the wheelshaft operates.

C, the gate-arms. V

D, a sha-ft, with which to open and shut the gates.

E, bolts, on which the gates turn, and Which turn A the gates, openingand shutting the same.

F, bolts, which hold the bottom and top of the curb together. I

G, guides which guide the water to the wheels.

H, center shaft ofthe Wheel.

I, bottom plate of the Wheel.

K, the buckets of the wheel, made in the form of an S, so that the Waterstrikes on the outside curve of the buckets first, and then falls inthrough into the center of the curve.

L, the chutes to the inside central stationary part of the curb, throughwhich the water passes and is discharged.

M, cross-bar on the bottom of the curb.

N, gates.

0, bottom rim of the central part of the curb.

P, ring round the hollow shaft B, and to which are attached thegate-arms C.

Q, a short plate or bar, connecting arms C to bolts v R, an arm from thejoint connecting-plate Q and arm (l.

S, an arm from arm Rto shaft D, so that when shaft D is turned the gateswill he opened or closed.

T, a set-screw in an eye on gates N, to hohl the bolt E -i'rmly to thegate.

-When the shaft D is turned and the gates opened, the water strikes thebuckets K and revolves .the Wheel, the moving part of the wheelrevolving inside of the outside of the curb, and outside of the insidecurb, so that the water to move the wheel enters at the gates and passesthrough to buckets K, and out through the chutes L of the center curb.

Qlaims.

I claim as my invention- 1..Wheel 1, with S-buckets, in combination withstationary center O and L, receiving and discharging the water in theliuc of mot-ion, substantially as described.

2. Gates N, arms C and Q, pin E, ring P, arms R and S, and shaft D, allin combination substantially 'as described.

W. L. SELLECK.`

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, W. M. HORNOR.

